Service difficulty report · Satcom · Boeing 737990ER

Difficulty date
December 19, 2020
Submitted
December 29, 2020
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N483AS
Make and model
Boeing 737990ER
Aircraft serial
36350
Aircraft time
19,935 hours, 6,399 cycles
Part
Satcom
Condition
Malfunctioned
Stage of operation
NR
How discovered
9
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CALL DISPATCH OVER SATCOM NEITHER SAT 1 OR SAT 2 WORKED. ALL INDICATION WERE NORMAL BUT THERE WAS NO VOICE OR CARRIER. GROUNDED-YES. VERIFIED PREVIOUS TROUBLE SHOOTING, ABLE TO PLACE CALLS TO DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATE, DISPATCH UNABLE TO CALL A/C DUE TO TECHNICAL ISSUES ON THEIR END. USED ALTERNATE METHOD VIA IRIDIUM SATCOM TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCOMING CALL OPERATIONS NORMAL. OUTGOING AND INCOMING CALLS OPERATIONS NORMAL, REF B737-900 AMM 23-15-00.